The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-02
CHARLES DICKENS, JR.
Has Not as Many Impressions Regard
ing America as his Father Had.
FroNl "a Nelp York Sun

From the Nelo York sun.
The latest spark in the trail of genius
which is scintillating in America is Charles
Dickens, Jr. He is rather prolific spark
he has eight children. Only one of the
troup accompanies him on his American
tour. Mr.. Dickens has been here several
weeks, and to the writer it occurred that lie
might have his own impressions of the
country, that might or might not agree with
those expressed by his illuStrious sire. So
Tia, writer hunted for Mr. Dickens and ran
nm down in the parlor of an uptown hotel
he is a well-formed, hearty, easy-going
looking fellow OF about 81, a good six feet in
height, with that peculiar old-country
heshlnesS which is not our fairness, round
looking expression of forehead and head like
his father-but that is all-merry, I'M
thoughtful, er-dinner-looking eyes that
look toward but not at you, the way our
men do; stralg ht uuaggreSsive nose, and
sandy moustache for which his hair is a
darker match.
He has all the air of big, pleasant school
boy, and that indescribable vaciilating
quality of manner which leaves you in doubt
whether to expect rebuff or compliment in
the coming sentence. Neither disturbs the
even complalsance of his discourse, however,
and you come away wondering what led
you 10 expect it, His dressing has the effect
OF the best suit on" of the good schoolboy
at last day exercises, neither tweed nor
broadcloth, but an expression of both, and
he acts as though he longed to put his hands
In his pockets, but knew better tlAn to be
caught at it. He is master of school of
pohteneSs, particularly I'M American, which
makes gallantry and good manners duties
based on principle, rather than pleasures
called forth by the special charms of the
particular person on whom they are be-
slowed. He does not anticipate mentally,
but follows easily, not ungracefuly and
very graciously. His observation of people,
places and things, while quite extended, is
not at all critical He visits many places
without seeing them, and has no inducement
to lead him to examine closely into details
The principal objects of interest to him
have been hotels, depots, and his audiences
Ii pressed CLOSELY as to the most needed inn
provement in anything he has seen, he would
say; "Pave the streets of New York, and
seat people comfortably who travel through
them in public conveyances." Public dis
comfort is keenly felt by foreigners, while
private living is the equal of anything in
the older countries
Mr.. Dickens thinks that New York is very
much like Paris, and that Boston has quite
an English air American hotels be finds
exceed ngly we'll managed, comfortable,
neat, prompt in service, and well furnished,
but 'Oh dear ME, no, they can't cook, not one
of them! | don't know what is the matter,
whether it is the cooking or the seasoning,
or the materials, but nothing tastes right
There's something wrong with it all-it's
bad that's all that can be said"
Iab.e etiquet e, he finds good, generally,
except for the "beaStly practice of bring
ing on all kinds Of viands together, or 50
nearly so that "a man sees the next while
eating the last" He condemns the indecent
hoS With
dispatched He regards meal time as a
period for leisurely, pleasant discourse, taste
tul sequences of ply zeal enjoyment and
dainty attention to details of taste and re-
tnement; a social service in which the di-
ming room is the temple, the walters reverent
and efficient priests, and the partakers re-
spectful and decorous worshipers. Instead
Of that they are made rude parentheses of
action to be kicked into and out of sight as
hastily as possible as so much waste of time
He finds excellent Stage accommodations,
comfortable halls, and well-furnished
lecture rooms The platform species of
entertainment is much more of an institu-
ton and better provided for here than in
England. He is much pleased with his
audiences as he finds them. They are
decidedly less demonstratlve than in
European cities, but no less apprecative
He says it is all bosh talking about American
audiences and English; that if placed before
them without any previous knowledge he
could not himself tell which was which.
This is especially true of all the large cities.
He does not find in looks of American men,
women, and children those marked
differences from English people which
writers are won't to assert He can not
classify as to nationality. An intelligent,
refined weman, or an intellectual manly
man looks the same whether on this or that
side of the Atlantic ocean. Inferior people
look so the world over. He regards people
as humanity differing only in conditions